• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Aside from your needlessly hostile response — They can tell if you voted. Your ballot is linked to your name.

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      4 hours ago

      “if voted” is different from “voted for”. In a true democracy it must not be traceable who someone voted for. It simply cannot be the case in a proper democracy that the people who voted for the opponent get punished for their vote after transfer of power.

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        4 hours ago

        The original question was whether legally they could toss his ballot if he died before Election Day. I think the state probably has the means to locate a ballot.